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May 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka this morning staged an extravagant military parade at the Galle Face Green in Colombo to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the monumental victory over the terrorist war waged by the Tamil Tiger rebels for three decades.

Speakers at the Mu’l’livaaykkaal Remembrance meeting in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on Friday came down strongly on the Indian and Western establishments for their complicity in the genocidal war on the Eezham Tamil nation. While veteran Tamil nationalist activist Pazha. Nedumaran condemned the holding of CHOGM in Sri Lanka, MDMK leader Vaiko criticized India’s contribution to [...]

May 18, Colombo: The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) of Sri Lanka has implemented an integrated air quality management project, ‘Blue Sky 2020′, to minimize emission of greenhouse gases and resulting adverse climatic changes.

Canadian politicians from both the ruling Conservative party and the main opposition NDP conveyed messages to the Tamil diaspora on the occasion of Mu’l’livaaykkaal remembrance day. NDP MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton Jagmeet Singh, Ontaria NDP leader Andrea Howarth and Ontaria PC Party leader Tim Hudak sent messages emphasising the need for justice and accountability for human [...]

COLOMBO, May 18 (Bernama) — Sri Lanka on Saturday celebrated the fourth anniversary of the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels after 30 years of war and the government is expecting economic boom in the post-war country in the next few years, reports China's Xinhua news agency.

May 18, Colombo: Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party.

May 18, Colombo: A major infrastructure project currently in progress to expand Sri Lanka’s main port of Colombo will make the island the biggest transshipment hub in the region, According to the Asian Development Bank.

Indo-Sri Lanka bi-lateral trade was expected to double to the $10 billion mark by 2016. In 2012, the total trade between India and Sri Lanka reached close to the $ 5 billion mark, said Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies.

(Lanka-e-News-17.May.2013, 11.30PM) May 19 will mark the 4th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s three decade long civil war, but with the absence of a joint commemoration to remember all who lost their lives in it as recommended by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation…

(Lanka-e-News-17.May.2013, 11.30PM) May 19 will mark the 4th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s three decade long civil war, but with the absence of a joint commemoration to remember all who lost their lives in it as recommended by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation…

A Sri Lankan woman thought to be dead in the passenger airline that disappeared in 1998 has been fou..

There is more in common between Sri Lanka and India than we can imagine. Part three of a travelogue.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s national standards body of Sri Lanka Standard Institution (SLSI) has taken measures to introduce standards for the vegetarian foods, the Ministry of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy said.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Private Transport Services C.B Rathnayake says that Legal measures will be taken against the private buses that violate fundamental rights of the public.

May 17, Colombo: The Ministry of Public Administration says that 15,000 graduates who were recruited to Sri Lanka’s public service recently have been made permanent in their positions.

May 17, Colombo: A Sri Lankan company plans to buils a US$ 100 million shopping mall in the heart of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, the company said in a release.

May 17, Colombo: Fitch Ratings Lanka has affirmed HSBC Sri Lanka Branch’s (HSBCSL) National Long-Term Rating at ‘AAA(lka)’.The Outlook is Stable.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on a four-day official visit to Uganda to participate in the 7th Commonwealth Local Governments Conference returned to the island Friday morning.

May 17, Vavuniya: An Army corporal was killed and 17 other soldiers received injuries when the truck carrying the soldiers veered off the road and overturned in Settikulam area, in the Northern Province.

May 17, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has declared May 24 and 25 as Vesak days and the period May 21 to 27 as Vesak Week.

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India has told Sri Lanka not to dilute the autonomous powers granted to its Tamil-majority northern province ahead of provincial elections, official sources said Friday.

SINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - Asian gasoil margins recouped the previous session's losses on Friday, boosted by demand from Egypt and Sri Lanka and a crude distillation unit shutdown in India, trade sources …

Indian companies have invested nearly $1 billion in Sri Lanka since 2003 and this figure could rise above $2 billion in the next five years, Indian envoy to Colombo Ashok K Kantha has said.

The British Tamil Forum’s (BTF) call for a mass rally in London on Saturday, remembering the 2009 Mu’l’li-vaaykkaal genocidal massacre, focuses on urging Britain and the Commonwealth to boycott the Sri Lanka CHOGM meet in November. Earlier this month, the British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his decision to attend the meet. “It is [...]

The British Tamil Forum’s (BTF) call for a mass rally in London on Saturday, remembering the 2009 Mu’l’li-vaaykkaal genocidal massacre, focuses on urging Britain and the Commonwealth to boycott the Sri Lanka CHOGM meet in November. Earlier this month, the British Prime Minister David Cameroon has announced his decision to attend the meet. “It is [...]

Indian companies have invested nearly USD 1 billion in Sri Lanka since 2003 and this figure could rise above USD 2 billion in the next five years, Indian envoy to Colombo Ashok K Kantha has said. Updated On :  5/17/2013 12:37:53 AM

May 17, Colombo: A handbook on the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) was released in Colombo recently under the patronage of the High Commissioner of India Ashok K. Kantha and the Minister for Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiyutheen.

May 17, Colombo: The controversial Buddhist organization in Sri Lanka, the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) has called for a non-commercial Vesak celebration in the country.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s minor opposition party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has actively been trying to get the support of the ethnic Tamils in the Northern Province for the general strike that is to take place next Tuesday (21).

May 17, Colombo: Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) will seek the opinions and views of the public on the draft constitution being prepared by the party.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka will sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) for the construction of the coal power plant in Sampur this month Power and Energy Ministry said.

May 17, Colombo: Women for Rights, a women’s organization in Sri Lanka, has commenced a protest campaign against the increase in electricity tariffs.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) has called on the public to take a stand to demand their rights.

May 17, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court yesterday sentenced a childhood friend of slain leader of the Tamil Tiger terrorist outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to a one month rigorous imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges against him.

The question of whether powdered milk from New Zealand contains any toxic substance and to ascertain..

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has launched a special programme to motivate the public to..

High quality petrol and diesel products will be introduced to the market to provide a more environme..

A special team of officers of the CID in Colombo, took into custody a person, who had fraudulently c..

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) started collecting samples of all imported milk powder, from ye..

HSBC could cut another 14,000 jobs as part of the next phase of its plan to cut up to $3 billion mor..

The Blood Bank network of Sri Lanka will be upgraded at a cost of Rs. 3,500 million with modern medi..

The Health Ministry spends Rs. 37 million annually, just for salaries, and Rs. 4,000 is spent on one..

Leading Trade Unions yesterday accused opposition political parties for attempting to promote their ..

A recent book said to be coming our way from the NGO-factory conveyor belt, apparently refers to the..

The British Tamil Forums (BTF) call for a mass rally in London on Saturday, remembering the 2009 Mulli-vaaykkaal genocidal massacre, focuses on urging Britain and the Commonwealth to boycott the Sri Lanka CHOGM meet in November. Earlier this month, the British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his decision to attend the meet. It is [...]

THE Coalition Government is under pressure to prevent Sri Lanka attending a Commonwealth event in Glasgow designed to commemorate the start of the First World War.

(Lanka-e-News-16.May.2012, 11.00PM) An unprecedented mammoth crowd over ten thousand in number participated in the protest march staged against the electricity tariff hikes introduced by the despotic regime which gave the already abysmally suffering people a most rude shock….

The British tourism market to the island of Sri Lanka has seen an 18 per cent increase from last year, according a report by Colombo based financial reporter Feizal Samath, published in TTG Asia, a tour industry publication on Tuesday. The increase in British tourists choosing Sri Lanka “killing fields” as tourist destination comes [...]